The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Nur Mohammad said the city would get two more police stations-Darus Salam and Kadamtoli today.

"Setting up of new police stations means bringing people nearer to police. As the jurisdiction of police stations become smaller in area the local people will be benefited."

Additional Commissioner of Police Masudur Rahman told The New Nation, "The IGP will inaugurate Darus Salam Police Station at 10:00am and Kadamtoli Police Station at noon today."

He pointed out that Dhaka Metropolitan Police began its journey with just 12 police stations and 6,000 law enforcers on February 1, 1976. At present 33 stations are operating in the city.

Masudur Rahman said six more police stations have been approved.

"These six will be inaugurated soon, to bring the number of Police Stations in the capital to 41," he said.

Meanwhile, IG Nur Mohammad had complained earlier in the day that the proposed new police ordinance is yet to be enacted due to lack of political will.

Speaking to reporters after a meeting with Anticorruption Commission Chairman Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury, the police chief said, "I have been raising my voice to help strengthen and straighten the police force for two years."

"But the police ordinance is not being enacted," he complained.

"Give the nation's police force a chance to be better by enforcing reforms," he urged the government.

"The Bangladesh police is not capable of being a strong force with the facilities it is currently provided with," said the IGP.